Pose estimation of a humanoid robot using images from a mobile external camera

This paper describes an ongoing project to move a simple humanoid robot, without an advanced embedded electronics. We used another wheeled mobile robot which already has a locating system and is equipped with a camera. We will locate the humanoid in the environment based on images, and then take the necessary actions to move it. In the future, we will also move the robot with the camera, so it will take good images of the humanoid.

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